Is Dallas Cowboys star QB Tony Romo trying to dump girlfriend Jessica Simpson - and her pervert father? Apparently realizing that Tom Brady snagged a better trophy in Gisele Bundchen, ditzy Jessica comes with an entire family and a mountain of bad publicity, Romo is putting distance between his handsome self and Team Simpson.
Bode Miller won his 28th career World Cup race this weekend in Kitzbuehel, Austria, to set a new record for victories by a US skier. The maverick Miller, a four-time alpine skiing world champion who no longer skis with the US team, won the men’s combined title after tying for second in the downhill portion and finishing 14th in the slalom.
Glamorous Olympic track star Marion Jones has been publicly disgraced, humiliated, and stripped of her medals after admitting she took steroids. Now a judge has sentenced the mother of two to six months in prison for lying to the feds during an investigation of the doping scandal, and having prior knowledge of a check fraud scam.
English footballer David Beckham recently commented about how star-struck he had been the moment he met legendary musician Stevie Wonder. Beckham said: “It was funny. He said to me, ‘If you could teach me to play football then you’d be some player.’ Those are the sort of moments you cherish.”
“I still get very starstruck by many people we meet,” Becks added.
Honor student and hip-hop star Lil’ Romeo has been awarded a hoop scholarship to attend the University of Southern California next fall. Although Romeo announced his intentions to attend USC last spring - so it’s no surprise - yesterday he officially signed his letter of intent at a press conference at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.
Tennis fans are sorry to see former world number one player Martina Hingis retire from the game amid a growing scandal that she tested positive for coke at Wimbledon this year. With her early retirement, the colorful 27-year-old Swiss champion leaves behind a women’s tour full of fashion model wannabes and baseliner clones, and loses a gamer who relies on finesse and shot variety to win points.
Tiger Woods, the richest golfer if not the richest athlete of all times, has scored a $100 million deal to promote a new sports performance drink. “Gatorade Tiger” will debut in March, with such standard flavors as cherry, citrus and grape. Golfweek reported that Wood will make the cash spread out over a five-year deal.